Indian press manufacturers rely on Q.I. Press Controls for the best configuration of their presses

December 2018

- When a printing company
invests in another press, the degree of automation is one of the most important
components to take into account. Indian press manufacturers Ronald Web Offset
and Prakash Offset supply state-of-the-art machines, tailored to each printing
company. Both are currently building up a number of new presses, to be used in
several countries. For the measuring and control equipment on the presses, they
count on another innovative company: Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) from the
Netherlands.
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– A new Smart Pre-setting
feature from QIPC-EAE is delivering on a promise to save an extra 150-200
copies with each press start-up. It’s the latest development from a company
already with a strong reputation for giving older presses a new lease of life
and turning them into modern machines again.
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Q.I. Press Controls further expands activities in India

October 2018

- Kalptaru Offset, Natraj
Print House, Saraswati Press, Hexagon Print & Pack and Sanat Printers are
five new Indian partners with whom Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) will collaborate.
The Dutch specialist in measuring and control equipment for the printing
industry supplies Indian printers with various mRC-3D systems for colour
register control.Read more

Automation of existing newspaper presses with Q.I. Press Controls

September 2018

- Q.I. Press Controls will upgrade presses at Tamedia printing centres with IDS-3D systems for closed-loop colour control and other control functionsAutomation of existing newspaper presses with Q.I. Press Controls .
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QIPC-EAE continues agency for Sweden and Denmark with JS Graphic House

September 2018

- As from August this year QIPC-EAE is to be represented in Sweden and Denmark by JS Graphic House. Although it is a new company name in the industry, it certainly is not a new face. Being active in the printing industry for many years, Jarl Söderqvist, Managing Director of JS Graphic House, knows the Swedish and Danish market as no other. Therefore both sides have great expectations of this new collaboration.
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mRC-3D-systeem finds its way to Indian printer and press builder

August 2018

– The innovative mRC-3D-system of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) helps printers worldwide to realize savings in waste and to make the life of their employees more easy. QIPC, the Dutch specialist in measure- and control equipment, recently received an order from the Indian printer Pudhari Publications in Kolhapur, that will use the mRC-3D-systeem in their own printing plant and from Sigmarq Technologies, an Indian press builder, who will install the mRC-3D-system on a press that’s been build up in Kenya.
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Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben further automates production with QIPC

July 2018

– In 2014, printers Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben (DUO) completed a
comprehensive renewal program, having invested in four COLORMAN autoprints from
Manroland. The very next year saw the start of the search for a reliable and
innovative solution for color density control, which DUO has now found in the
shape of the IDS-3D system from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC).
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Printall AS intensifies partnership with Q.I. Press Controls

July 2018

– The Estonian-based printing concern Printall AS is set to intensify
its collaboration with Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in
measurement and control systems for the printing industry. The Koenig &
Bauer Compacta heatset printing press in its Tallinn plant is to be equipped
with a new automation system supplied by QIPC. “This new system from QIPC will
be quicker and more reliable than our current automation system.”
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Prensa Libre won over by positive references for Q.I. Press Controls automation

June 2018

– Soon, Prensa Libre, the reference newspaper in Guatemala, will be
printed with the aid of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The plant which is
responsible for printing the paper has decided to invest in the mRC-3D
system for color register and cut-off control for their recently purchased
manroland UNISET press. Thanks to the new system, Prensa Libre expects to see
greater efficiency, less paper waste and quality improvements.Read more

– The extensive cooperation between Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and the Belgian company of Coldset Printing Partners has existed since 2009. Because of the success of the partnership, both companies now wish to intensify the collaboration. Coldset Printing Partners is hard at work modernising its printing plant in Paal-Beringen and QIPC has a big role to play in automating both its existing and its newly acquired presses.
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– The Finnish-based
printing concern Kaleva Oy is to join forces with Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC),
the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing
industry. The biggest newspaper concern in the north of Finland is to invest in
the IDS-3D system for automatic colour and register control on its manroland
COLORMAN Autoprint press. Kaleva Oy has great expectations of the dampening
control and smart presetting functions.
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Mediaprint embarks on the newspaper production of tomorrow with QIPC and EAE

May 2018

- One of Europe’s
largest newspaper printers is readying itself for the future with technology
from Q.I. Press Controls and EAE. For the last two years the newspaper industry
has been closely following Mediaprint’s Vienna retrofit project. Here, new QIPC
quality control systems have been installed, Koenig & Bauer has undertaken
an extensive mechanical retrofit and EAE has completely overhauled the control
electronics and software architecture. Over 30 newspaper printers from eight
different countries were invited to Vienna to take a close look at what is the
largest retrofit project that EAE has undertaken to date.
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Q.I. Press Controls completes register system retrofit in the UAE

March 2018

– Whereas the printing
industry in other parts of the world has increasingly been discovering the
merits of retrofitting, in the United Arab Emirates this is not yet part of
daily practice. The process, which involves the installation of state-of-the
art innovations in the field of automation technology on existing printing
presses, still has to win over popularity in the region. Gulf News was the
first printing concern in the UAE to decide on having its register system
retrofitted.
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Newsquest forges its future with Q.I. Press Controls

February 2018

- UK-based media group Newsquest is set to
upgrade the automation systems in its Oxford print plant. Aiming to make
significant savings in waste, at the same time as improving the quality of the
end-product, Newsquest has decided to install the latest systems from Q.I.
Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems
for the web-offset market. Once this retrofit project has been successfully put
through its paces in Oxford, it will be rolled out at other Newsquest sites.Read more

Major investment in Q.I. Press Controls press automation by Lidergraf

February 2018

– Lidergraf, the Portuguese
printing concern, has recently started using measurement and control systems
from Q.I. Press Controls. In 2017 the Dutch specialist in press automation
delivered its innovative and highly lauded mRC-3D, IDS-3D and IQM
systems to Lidergraf, one of Portugal’s leading printers. “We are expecting to
make intensive use of the IQM system, so that we can optimise performance yet
further”.Read more

– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in optical
measurement and control systems for the printing industry, has found a new
partner in the Iran-based printing concern of Arta Taraz Niavaran. Its owner,
Babak Soukhakian is to represent QIPC and EAE in the up-and-coming Iranian
market.Read more

QIPC continues to expand in India

January 2018

–
Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) continues to thrive on the Indian print market. The
Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the web offset market
recently received five new orders from printing concerns in the Kolkata region
of West Bengal: CDC Printers; Sristi Graphic (two separate orders); Darpan
Conclave; and NAP Printers. A sixth order was placed by Bhiwandi-based Print
Plus. “It is a promising sign that existing clients are satisfied with our
products and services.” Read more

– As
from this year, Q.I. Press Controls – Engineering Automation Electronics
(QIPC-EAE) is to be represented in Spain by Mecaprint S.L. Owned by Raúl
Barredo Sabando, Mecaprint knows the Spanish and South American markets and
QIPC-EAE products like no other. Both parties expect the collaboration to bring
about a significant growth on the Spanish market. Read more

QIPC-EAE Performance Package destined for Saudi Arabia

November 2017

– Earlier this year, Saudi-based Al Madina
Printing & Publishing Co. started using automation systems installed by
Q.I. Press Controls - Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC - EAE). Its
printing plant - located in Jeddah - placed an order for a Performance Package
with the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing
industry. Al Madina is thus able to take full advantage of QIPC’s takeover of
EAE. The systems help bring about increased production reliability for Al
Medina Printing & Publishing Co., as well as halving its output of waste.Read more

Amar Ujala Publications prepares for the future

November 2017

– One of India’s leading media
concerns, Amar Ujala Publications, has been busy getting its printing plants
ready for the future. The last year has seen Amar Ujala Publications investing
in at least ten automation systems produced by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC-EAE).
As a result, the Dutch specialist in measurement and control equipment for the
printing industry has seen a significant rise in its share on the Indian
market.Read more

New QIPC automation system in EDS Group printing plant in Romania

November 2017

- Q.I. Press Controls
(QIPC) recently installed a new automation system on a printing press owned by
the EDS Group in Brasov, Romania. The order was signed in February and the
press has already been running smoothly and efficiently for a number of months.Read more

FIG (Coimbra) turns to QIPC automation due to frequent production changeovers

September 2017

– Portuguese printing concern
FIG has placed an order for an automatic colour register system with the Dutch
specialist in optical measurement and control systems for the printing
industry, Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The system will be installed on a 2011 Goss
Community press which has recently been acquired by FIG. Read more

QIPC-EAE on show at World Publishing Expo in Berlin

August 2017

– Berlin is host once again to the annual World Publishing Expo (WPE), which takes place in the German capital from 10 to 12 October this year. The trade fair is the number one show for companies wishing to showcase their written and printed media products and services, both online and offline. Needless to say, Q.I. Press Controls - Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE) will have its own stand at the show. Amongst other things, the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry will be demonstrating EAE’s Desk 7, with integrated controls for QIPC’s IDS-3D system.
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QIPC-EAE given major confidence boost by D B Corp Ltd.

August 2017

– Over the last year,
India-based printing concern D B Corp Ltd. (Dainik Bhaskar), having dailies in
3 languages, has placed no fewer than five different orders with Q.I. Press
Controls - Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE). Various printing
presses in Aurangabad, Bhopal (two orders), Noida and Shivdaspura have been
fitted out with systems from QIPC-EAE, the Dutch specialist in measurement and
control equipment. “We’re delighted with the technical support from QIPC-EAE,”
was the resounding verdict. “And we’re already looking forward to intensifying
our partnership in the future.”Read more

– For fifteen years that Q.I. Press Controls
- Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE) has been active in India, The
Printers House (TPH) has been one of its most highly valued partners. QIPC-EAE,
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, and
TPH, an Indian constructor of printing presses, recently celebrated this
long-stranding partnership. To mark the occasion, TPH was presented with a
commemorative figure by QIPC-EAE.Read more

Newsprinters UK and QIPC dialogue paves way for fresh innovation

May 2017

-
Collaboration between the UK-based printer Newsprinters UK and the Dutch
specialist in automation systems for the printing industry, Q.I. Press Controls
(QIPC), is progressing nicely. In the wake of a huge order from Newsprinters in
2014, both parties are now reflecting on almost three years of successful cooperation
and looking forward to a bright new future.Read more

Druckhaus WITTICH KG automates two presses with the aid of Q.I. Press Controls

May 2017

– The German printing company, Druckhaus WITTICH KG, has decided to have
two of its presses upgraded using automation systems provided by the Dutch
specialist in optical measurement and control systems for the printing
industry, Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The two companies are no strangers to
collaboration: Druckhaus WITTICH KG has other presses already fitted with QIPC
automation systems. The latest upgrades entail one press which is making the
changeover to QIPC, whilst the other is to receive a replacement for an older
QIPC system.Read more

– Following in the
wake of Engineering Automation Electronics (EAE), Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) is
now to enter into a partnership with The Buffalo News Inc. The US-based
printing concern, which already works with EAE’s control systems, has decided
to invest in the IDS-3D system for colour register control from QIPC. It’s
likely that company will take advantage of the possibilities for expansion that
the IDS-3D system offers in the future.Read more

Q.I. Press Controls receives new order from Serbian Grafoprodukt

May 2017

– The Serbian printing
concern, Grafoprodukt, has decided to place a new order with the Dutch
specialist in optical measurement and control systems for the printing industry,
Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). Grafoprodukt is to install QIPC’s mRC-3D
system for colour register and cut-off control on its Heidelberg Web 16
printing press. It’s not the first time the Serbian printers have come calling:
“The previous QIPC system we’ve been using for ten years on another press has
more than earned its spurs. We’re counting on the new system to give us the
same kind of performance.”Read more

– The existing ten-year collaboration between Centro Stampa Quotidiani
(CSQ) and Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) is about to be intensified. After
having previously installed the IDS-3D system for automatic colour and dampening
control on four towers of its WIFAG OF370GTD printing press, CSQ has now placed
an order for the same system on a further five towers. “The new order reflects
the huge level of confidence in the system.”Read more

Happy 21st! NZME upgrades to meet needs of a changed industry

April 2017

- A large order to refit and automate color
control on a 21-year-old newspaper press on “the other side of the world” is a
special one for Q.I. Press Controls for two reasons. For one thing, it’s the
classic scenario of the grand old press installed when print was king – and
primarily to print a single flagship title – turned in a post-consolidation
industry to produce a variety of publications with greater demands and shorter
runs. And secondly, there’s a personal cachet for QIPC director Menno Jansen in
delivering a much better system than the one in which – as it happens – he was
involved before establishing the Netherlands-based company he now leads with
Erik van Holten.
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SAP Print Solutions and Sahitya Mudranalaya both happy with their new QIPC systems

April 2017

– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC),
the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing
industry, has recently installed two of its technologically advanced systems in
two more Indian printing plants. Both SAP Print Solutions in Mumbai and Sahitya
Mudranalaya in Ahmedabad are extremely satisfied now that they have seen the
systems up and running over the last few months. SAP has even placed a new
order.Read more

QIPC and KBA: Successful 20-year partnership

March 2017

- Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and Koenig & Bauer (KBA) can look back
on a successful partnership which has meanwhile endured for a whole two
decades. QIPC’s cooperation with the world’s oldest and second-largest press
manufacturer began back in 1997, just one year after the company was first established.
The young start-up was offered the chance to integrate its newly developed
register scanning heads into KBA’s web offset presses for trial purposes.
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Landmark orders for QIPC and EAE

March 2017

- Austrian Mediaprint Group renews trust in partnership with QIPC and EAE
for controls and automation solutionsMediaprint, Austria’s biggest newspaper printing company, has placed
large-scale orders with Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and EAE Engineering
Automation Electronics. QIPC and EAE will equip several Mediaprint presses with
new automation and control systems aimed at maximizing production efficiency,
quality and reliability while cutting waste and costs.Read more

Druckerei Vetters set to intensify collaboration with Q.I. Press Controls

March 2017

- German print concern, Druckerei Vetters GmbH & Co. KG in Radeburg is
about to write another chapter in its long-term partnership with Q.I. Press
Controls (QIPC). The company is set to revamp two of its four printing presses
with QIPC automation systems, one of which is to be expanded, the other
upgraded.Read more

La Charente Libre's printing process optimised thanks to QIPC

March 2017

– La Charente Libre
is the latest customer of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). Based in Angoulême,
France, the printing concern will soon be taking advantage of state-of-the-art
measurement and control systems supplied by QIPC, the Dutch specialist for the
printing industry. Twelve mRC-3D cameras for automatic colour register
control are being installed on the company's Goss Community & DGM press.Read more

QIPC welcomes back ‘old’ colleague

February 2017

- A welcome addition to the Q.I. Press Controls sales team since last
November has been that of Harold Drinhuyzen. As such, the 54-year-old from
nearby Breda returns to the company which had previously been his place of work
from 2003 to 2009. Harold Drinhuyzen now has responsibility for the
international sales of QIPC-EAE in the Mediterranean region, a number of
African countries and Russia.
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Alpha Enterprises and Q.I. Press Controls to join forces

December 2016

– This year marks the start of
a new partnership between Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and Alpha Enterprises, its
representative in Egypt.
QIPC, the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing
industry, has been focusing more intensely on the Egyptian market recently, and
in Alpha Enterprises has found a partner who is as much at home in the Egyptian
market as in the Dutch one. The collaboration has already helped pull in
several new orders.Read more

– The Slovenian printing
concern, Salomon Print, is set to replace the outdated automation system which
is currently in use on its press. The Ljubljana-based concern has placed an
order with Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in automation solutions
for the printing industry. QIPC is to fit two mRC-3D cameras for colour
register and two for cut-off register on the company's manroland ROTOMAN N
press in Slovenia.
In the words of Salomon Print: “QIPC is well-known in the market for its
top-class products.”Read more

Performance Package order marks a first for QIPC in Spain

November 2016

- The Spanish-based print concern Calprint SL has
placed an order for a Performance Package from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC).
QIPC, the specialist in automation for the printing industry, is to install the
IDS-3D system for colour and register control at Calprint SL's plant in Medina
del Campo, close to Valladolid in the centre of Spain. It will be the first
closed-loop colour control system to be installed on a coldset press in the
country. The Performance Package will also entail the updating of existing
Engineering Automation Electronics (EAE) systems.Read more

QIPC to supply Suomalainen Lehtipaino Oy with full automation package

October 2016

– Suomalainen
Lehtipaino Oy, the Finnish-based printing concern, has decided to have a complete
Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation package installed on its
Tensor T4000E with DCOS control. QIPC, the Oosterhout-based specialist in
measurement and control systems for the printing industry, is to equip the
press with its mRC-3D and IDS-3D systems for the automation of color
register, cut-off register, color control and damp control at the printing
plant in Kajaani, in the centre of Finland.Read more

Italian ACM SpA invests in Q.I. Press Controls automation

October 2016

– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) has reeled in yet another key order in the
wake of the recent Drupa 2016. ACM SpA, the Italian-based printing company, has
decided to invest in the IDS-3D system for colour control and the mRC-3D
system for colour register and cut-off control. Initial contact between the two
parties was established at Drupa, the leading German trade fair for the
printing industry. In the words of ACM SpA: “Looking to the future, this
represents a fantastic investment and forms a solid basis for a strong
strategic partnership”.Read more

Chengde Daily sticks with QIPC automation

September 2016

– The printing plant of the
China-based Chengde Daily will once again be equipping its new press with
automation solutions from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The Dutch specialist in
measurement and control equipment for the printing industry is to install the mRC-3D
system for colour register on its Beiren 40A printing press.Read more

Star Tribune delighted with QIPC collaboration

September 2016

- It was a year ago that an automation system supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) was installed for
the very first time at the Star Tribune printing plant. The mRC-3D for
register control is now functioning to the complete satisfaction of the Star
Tribune based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
(USA).
“We're extremely happy with the improvements in quality and reductions in
waste.”Read more

Automation update on Webnews Printing press

August 2016

– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC)
has recently struck a new deal with Canada-based Webnews Printing. The IRS
system (also supplied by QIPC) is to be replaced by a new mRC-3D system
for register control on the DGM 430 & Ventura press at the company's North
York plant.Read more

QIPC Performance Package for Le Matin

August 2016

– The printing plant of the Morocco-based
newspaper Le Matin has decided to invest in a Performance Package from
Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and Engineering Automation Electronics (EAE). Morocco's
leading print concern will thus be taking maximum advantage of the recent
takeover by QIPC of EAE and, in addition to acquiring an update of the EAE
operating system, can now also call upon the services of a QIPC mRC-3D
system for automation of colour and cut-off register.Read more

Guangxi Daily keeps faith with Q.I. Press Controls

August 2016

– It’s certainly not the
first, and probably not the last time a Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation
system has been installed on one of the printing presses at the Guangxi Daily.
The Chinese media group decided to invest in an mRC-3D system for colour
register control as part of an expansion on a tower for a Goss Magnum 65 press
in Nanning. “Guangxi Daily is a satisfied client who knows exactly what it’s
getting from us”, was the message.Read more

– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) is once again delivering automation systems
for Axel Springer Druckhaus Spandau. Last year, this leading German printing
house installed an extensive package of QIPC automation solutions on its
presses and has decided to place yet another sizable order in 2016.Read more

IntegraColor the first to benefit from Q.I. Press Controls - Perretta partnership

July 2016

- IntegraColor, an American concern specializing
in commercial printing, is the first printing company to take advantage of the
new partnership between Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and Perretta Graphics. Last
year, its printing plant - based in Mesquite, Texas - decided to replace lock,
stock and barrel its ink, register, cut-off and color control systems and
identified the new partnership of QIPC and Perretta as the perfect outfit to
carry this out. The press has now been running with the new systems for over
six months. “We're delighted Perretta introduced us to QIPC”, was the verdict
of IntegraColor.Read more

- No
fewer than ten mRC-3D cameras supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC),
Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry,
will soon be on their way to India. Pudhari Publications is set to carry out an
investment programme with the aim of improving automation on its printing
presses at its plant in Kolhapur. The mRC-3D system will ensure full
automation on the colour register on the Manugraph Cityline press with five
towers.Read more

Wenatchee World press now fully automated

July 2016

– TheWenatchee World has
decided to invest in a Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation system for its
newspaper printing press. The KBA Comet press in Wenatchee (Washington) is to
be fitted with the IDS-3D system for register and closed-loop color control. To
quote Wenatchee World: “QIPC is the best solution for us.”Read more

– The Dutch specialist in
measurement and control equipment for the printing industry, Q.I. Press
Controls (QIPC), has received a new order from Omani Establishment for Press,
Printing, Publishing and Distribution L.L.C. in Oman.
QIPC will be responsible for installing an mRC-3D system for colour
register in its plant, based in the Omani capital of Muscat. Omani
Establishment decided to invest in colour register because it now wants to
focus its efforts increasingly on commercial products, alongside its
newspaper-printing activities.Read more

Total value of QIPC-EAE orders rises to €6.3 million in the second week of Drupa

July 2016

- The
second week of Drupa 2016 proved even more successful than the first for Q.I.
Press Controls - Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE). The specialist
in automation for the printing industry added 6.3 million Euros to its order
books during the 11-day Düsseldorf-based event, tripling the 2 million Euros in
orders that had been taken in the first week. And, it's likely that even more
orders will follow, says QIPC-EAE chairman, Menno Jansen.Read more

QIPC-EAE secures 2 milion in orders in first DRUPA week

June 2016

- The first week of Drupa 2016 has been phenomenal for QIPC-EAE. “Not only did we close the first week with an order intake of 2 million worth, but we are also getting very good responses on our new our product introductions IBS-100 and EAE desk 7”, states Menno Jansen, Chairman of QIPC-EAE.
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- Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry,
already had an active presence on several continents worldwide. From India to
Colombia and from Egypt to the United States, printing companies all over the
world have been taking advantage of the innovative solutions offered by the
Oosterhout-based company. However, QIPC has now acquired a key client just 31
km down the road from its head office: Koninklijke Drukkerij Em. De Jong. The
company’s printing plant in ‘neighbouring’ Baarle-Nassau has recently had one
of its eight presses installed with QIPC’s fully automated press control system.
Drukkerij Em. De Jong is also fitting out one of its other printing presses
with the colour register and fan-out control system using QIPC’s mRC-3D
system.Read more

Grafix NV places trust in QIPC

May 2016

– Once again, Belgian printing
company Grafix NV has chosen to invest in measurement and
control systems supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). QIPC, the Dutch
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, will
be installing an mRC-3D system for colour and cut-off register in the
company's printing plant in Dessel (B). This new order represents the next
milestone in a longstanding partnership between Grafix NV
and QIPC. “We have come to recognise QIPC as a trusted partner”.Read more

– The leading Colombian newspaper,
Vanguardia Liberal, is to fit its printing presses with automation equipment
supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). A major national daily, the newspaper
has placed an order to install an mRC-3D system for register and cut-off
control on its recently acquired Goss Universal 50 press with 12 towers. A
personalised design for the system was specially developed for the press and
Vanguardia Liberal by QIPC. Read more

Spokesman-Review looks to the future

April 2016

– The US
newspaper Spokesman-Review is to invest in a further round of automation for
its printing press. Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) is set to install the IDS-3D
system on its TKS press with two towers in Spokane, Washington. QIPC, the Dutch
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, will
be installing 4 IDS-3D register control cameras at its plant in the United
States. Read more

Pencor Group sets its sights on better quality!

April 2016

- Q.I.
Press Controls (QIPC) has taken a new American customer on board. The US-based
Pencor Group has decided to purchase QIPC’s IDS-3D system for colour control on
its press. QIPC, the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for
the printing industry edged out several other
rivals to win the order.Read more

Q.I. Press Controls captures Indian order

March 2016

– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) has not
only built up a reputation in the Netherlands and Europe, but also far beyond:
the printing industry the world over has been discovering the benefits of
equipping its presses with measurement and control systems produced by the
Oosterhout-based company. Uttarbanga Sambad in India
is yet another in a long series of businesses that have been placing orders
with QIPC. It is through Naph Graphics - supplier of the new press – that Uttarbanga
Sambad is investing in the mRC-3D system for colour register.Read more

– The new press installed at
German-based printing and publishing company, Oppermann Druck und Verlags GmbH,
is to be fitted with closed-loop
systems from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). The new KBA Commander CL with four
towers, at its plant in Rodenberg, Germany, will be equipped with the mRC-3D
and IDS-3D systems from QIPC for colour register, fan-out, cut-off register,
side-lay and colour control. The company hopes the new press will be
operational for print runs by mid-2016. “In QIPC, we think we’ve found a
partner for the long term”, is the verdict.Read more

Q.I. Press Controls lands major order from Chinese printer

February 2016

- The Dutch
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, Q.I.
Press Controls (QIPC), is set to intensify its partnership with China-based
Hunan Xinhua. In addition to the QIPC equipment already installed on its book
and newspaper presses, Hunan Xinhua has now placed an order for two mRC-3Ds
for automatic colour register on its new Goss book printing press. The two mRC-3Ds
will be fitted with Ink Mist Shield (IMS) and a new folder will also be
installed in the printing plant, which is located in the south-western city of Shaoyang.Read more

Maryna SA new agent for QIPC – EAE in South America

January 2016

–Maryna SA has been
named as the new agent for Q.I. Press Controls and EAE in Argentina, Paraguay
and Uruguay. This appointment comes as no surprise, since Maryna SA represents
leading brands in Blankets, Ink and CTP’s in the area. The company has over 30
years of experience in the printing industry and developed and expertise in
newspaper and printing plants. QIPC – EAE has complete confidence in Maryna SA.Read more

Ferrostaal Vietnam new agent for EAE in Vietnam

January 2016

- EAE welcomes Ferrostaal Vietnam
as a new agent! Ferrostaal Vietnam will represent EAE in the entire graphical
market of Vietnam. Due to the collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and
EAE, the agency decided it was about time to add EAE in their portfolio. Menno
Jansen, Director Q.I. Press Controls, believes that having just one agent for
both Q.I. Press Controls and EAE makes sure that the efficiency and
effectiveness of the combination QIPC – EAE will be well known in all Vietnam.Read more

Polaris Trykk extends collaboration with EAE and QIPC

January 2016

- The
Norwegian-based printing group Polaris Trykk is set to intensify its
collaboration with Engineering Automation Electronics (EAE) and Q.I. Press
Controls (QIPC). The concern will not only be installing QIPC's mRC-3D
and several system updates from EAE in its plant in Harstad, Polaris Trykk's
existing system architecture is also being upgraded so that a new folder can be
added to the current configuration. In addition, Polaris Trykk has also signed
a five-year service contract with EAE.Read more

Grafmat usluge new agent for QIPC – EAE in Croatia and Slovenia

November 2015

- Grafmat usluge has been
named as the new agent for Q.I. Press Controls and EAE. Since the past seven
years, Grafmat usluge is working hard to expand their portfolio with leading
companies in the graphic industry. At the moment they represent a range of
companies present in the market in all of Europe and the world. QIPC – EAE
choose this agent to actively represent and promote the
sales of QIPC – EAE in Croatia and Slovenia.
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TWO INDIAN MULTIMEDIA COMPANIES ONCE AGAIN OPT FOR Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

November 2015

- Multimedia companies Jagran Prakashan and Lokmat Media have once again opted for Q.I. Press Controls. Both companies ordered mRC-3D cameras for different printing sites. The orders, which confirms the good relationship that already exists between Q.I. Press Controls and the two companies, signals a positive outcome for all three organisations.
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AXEL SPRINGER PRINTING EXPERTS ORDER IDS-3D FROM Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

November 2015

- The printing experts at Axel Springer, the leading digital publisher in Europe, have ordered an IDS-3D automation package from Q.I. Press Controls. The Axel Springer printing plant in Berlin-Spandau is the third site within the company to opt for a fully automated solution from the number-one supplier of optical measurement and control system
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MALAYALA MANORAMA CHOOSES Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS FOR A FIFTH TIME

November 2015

– Q.I. Press Controls has received yet another order from Malayala Manorama. The organisation, which has the most widely sold and circulating newspaper in India, has purchased the mRC-3D for its plant in Kollam, India. Q.I. Press Controls has been working with the newspaper for many years already. Results at its other sites have proved so good that Malayala Manorama had no hesitation in ordering Q.I. Press Controls’ register system for its Manugraph Smartline press in Kollam.

- In 2013 Q.I. Press Controls installed 124 mRC-3D cameras at the The Columbus Dispatch’s printing plant. Two years ago, as part of a face-lifting exercise, The Columbus Dispatch decided to adapt its printing presses to enable them to print in 3V format. The aim was to bring machinery into line with ongoing quality and efficiency improvements being implemented by the business. At the time, The Columbus Dispatch was the first in the US to introduce the mRC-3D from Q.I. Press Controls. Now, two years on, the system is operating at full capacity, is living up to the expectations of The Columbus Dispatch, has led to significant savings in cost and waste, and – not least – gives Q.I. Press Controls yet another reason to take pride in its automated solutions.
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QIPC – EAE STRONG TOGETHER AT WORLD PUBLISHING EXPO

October 2015

– Where Q.I. Press Controls and EAE closed million deals last year in Amsterdam, the organisations gather success again this year in Hamburg. From 05 to October 07, the Hamburg Messe was the stage for the World Publishing Expo: the exhibition where the main suppliers of the printing industry present themselves. This year too, QIPC – EAE shared a stand where a white décor, white suits and new orders prevailed. The Board consisting of Menno Jansen (QIPC), Erik van Holten (QIPC – EAE) and Werner Ringel (EAE), looks back on three eventful days with satisfaction. Menno Jansen: “We are certainly satisfied with the results and we can confidently prepare ourselves for DRUPA.”
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SANOMAPAINO TO JOIN FORCES WITH EAE AND Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

October 2015

– Sanoma, one of Europe’s leading media and educational concerns has plans to modernise one of its printing plants in Finland. The business provides information and entertainment for millions of consumers in numerous European countries. In fact, in both Finland and the Netherlands, Sanoma is the leading media concern, with a wide presence across a diversity of platforms. Sanomala is the printing plant based in Finland in the city Vantaa. The age of the current manroland COLORMAN press would suggest that the machine is in need of a retrofit with respect to its operating and control systems. The plant aims to modernise the press so that future costs can be minimised whilst optimum levels of support can be maintained. Additional benefits involve improvements to the quality of the product which will be accompanied by optimisation of production costs. It comes as no surprise therefore that Sanomala has opted to collaborate with QIPC – EAE.

QIPC – EAE PERFORMANCE PACKAGE MEETS WITH APPROVAL

September 2015

– QIPC – EAE has sold yet another Performance Package. The Performance Package, which comprises an update of current systems from EAE and extra automation features from Q.I. Press Controls, ensures greater efficiency and product improvements for printing firms. The package also helps bring about even faster return-on-investment times then the products of Q.I. Press Controls and EAE do separately. This time it was the turn of IPM Press Print (formerly known as Sodimco) in Anderlecht, Belgium to buy the QIPC – EAE package.

TECHNIWEB NEW AGENT FOR EAE IN FRANCE

September 2015

– EAE welcomes Techniweb as a new agent! Techniweb will represent EAE in the entire graphical market of France. Due to the collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and EAE, the agency decided it was about time to add EAE in their portfolio. Menno Jansen, Director Q.I. Press Controls, believes that having just one agent for both Q.I. Press Controls and EAE makes sure that the efficiency and effectiveness of the combination QIPC – EAE will be well known in all of France.

ORDER IN BAGHDAD FOR Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

September 2015

– Update: Q.I. Press Controls received an expansion order from Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi Media Network (IMN) ordered four mRC+ colour register camera’s with ink mist shields. The colour register system will be installed on IMN’s KBA Comet printing press on two additional towers. This is the second order placed by the group and is an expansion of the already present Q.I. Press Controls’ system. IMN is a news and entertainment group funded by the government of USA that transmits the value of transparency. The printing division of the group publishes the Al-Sabah (‘morning’) newspaper and several magazines.

So what about Sydostpressarna?

August 2015

- In January 2014, Karlskrona-based Sydostpressarna in Sweden opted to
install a fully automated system from Q.I. Press Controls. One year
later, Q.I. Press Controls went back to find out what happened next. The
organisation, it seems, is more than happy with the results.

CENTRO STAMPA QUOTIDIANI PLACES ORDER NUMBER THREE WITH Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

August 2015

– Centro Stampa Quotidiani, based in Erbusco, Italy, has once again opted to buy a Q.I. Press Controls system. Previously, the organisation placed orders for IRS and IDS on two of its printing lines. This time, IDS-3D is being installed on its presses. The results obtained with previous systems and the company’s positive experience working with Q.I. Press Controls were decisive in clinching the third order.
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LARGEST EVER ORDER FOR Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

August 2015

- Q.I. Press Controls has received the largest ever order in its history from Newsprinters UK for its printing sites in Broxbourne and Eurocentral. Newsprinters comprises three divisions: Broxbourne, Knowsley and Eurocentral. Of these, Broxbourne is the largest and is responsible for printing some of the UK’s major national dailies, such as The Times and The Daily Telegraph. Broxbourne’s plant consists of 60 towers and Eurocentral’s 12. Newsprinters recently announced all these towers are equipped with Q.I. Press Controls’ IDS-3D.

GMDE new agent for EAE in Italy

July 2015

- EAE welcomes GMDE as a new agent! GMDE will represent EAE in the entire
graphical market of Italy. Due to the collaboration between Q.I. Press
Controls and EAE, the agency decided it was about time to add EAE in
their portfolio. Menno Jansen, Director Q.I. Press Conrtols, believes
that having just one agent for both Q.I. Press Controls and EAE makes
sure that the efficiency and effectiveness of the combination QIPC – EAE
will be well known in all Italy.

Print2Finish is the new agent for EAE in America

July 2015

- EAE welcomes Print2Finish as the new agency responsible for Central
America, Colombia, Panama and the United States of America. Due to the
collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and EAE, the agency decided to
add EAE to their portfolio. Menno Jansen, Director Q.I. Press Controls,
believes that having just one agent for both Q.I. Press Controls and
EAE makes sure that the efficiency and effectiveness of the combination
QIPC – EAE will be well known in all represented countries.

Yet another Chinese order for Q.I. Press Controls

July 2015

- ZiGong Daily has shown to the Chinese printing industry, it was time to
invest in a new register system for its Goss newspaper press. The
company, based in ZiGong, China, chose Q.I. Press Controls because of
its excellent reputation. The ZiGong Daily order for the installation of
the mRC-3D on a Goss press is the first of its kind from a printing
company in the province of SiChuan.

Al-Qasswa new agent for QIPC – EAE in Saudi Arabia

June 2015

- Al-Qasswa Development Est. has been named as the new agent for Q.I.
Press Controls and EAE in Saudi Arabia. This appointment comes as no
surprise, since Al-Qasswa continues to build on its successes wherever
the printing industry is concerned. Al-Qasswa is a serious player in the
Saudi printing world and over the years has acquired experience with
several generations of top management. QIPC – EAE has complete
confidence in Al-Qasswa.

QIPC-EAE appoints new Sales Manager covering Southeast Asian Region

New Sales Executive for Q.I. Press Controls and EAE

May 2015

- Gidion Ambaum is the new Sales Executive for Q.I. Press Controls and
EAE. He started working at Q.I. Press Controls’ head office last month
and from now on will take on responsibility for sales activities in
Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

- It seems that the collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and EAE is
paying dividends. In the space of just over a year following the
acquisition of EAE – a period in which the two organisations have
continued to develop groundbreaking automation products – the print
industry has become increasingly aware that the two companies are
operating as a single entity. Joint orders are starting to pour in and
Denmark too, is making acquaintance with the QIPC – EAE combination.
Having been won over by the commitment shown by both organisations, the
Trykkeriet Nordvestsjaelland printing plant has singled out QIPC – EAE
for the upgrade of its presses.

Q.I. Press Controls is first choice for People’s Railway News!

April 2015

- The Chinese People’s Railway News in Beijing has opted for Q.I. Press
Controls’ mRC-3D for its new printing press. The organisation was the
first in China to buy the new IRS eleven years ago and to this day, the
system is still operating to their complete satisfaction. In fact,
People’s Railway News is so happy with the service and quality from Q.I.
Press Controls, that they told printing press manufacturer Seiken that
only a Q.I. Press Controls system would be good enough for the new
press.

Q.I. Press Controls active for Book Printing Market

March 2015

- Q.I. Press Controls is active for the book printing market! During
Printpack India 2015, the organisation got in serious contact with the
people of Pressline, who just introduced a new range of web-offset
machines for the production of books: the Bookline Series. Pressline
decided to invest in a first installation of the mRC-3D on one of their
new book printing presses. When the solution works satisfactorily, Q.I.
Press Controls gets the opportunity for more business on other book
printing presses of this press manufacturer.

- Mayr Miesbach has plumped for a Q.I. Press Controls’
system after purchasing a KBA heatset printing press. Mayr Miesbach was,
after some persuasive talking, won over by the advantages of the mRC-3D
and the new IDS-3D. These new systems from Q.I. Press Controls enable
Mayr Miesbach to guarantee high standards of quality and reduce waste.
“From a technological point of view, these systems are helping us to
forge ahead. We are now able to use of state-of-the-art technology,”
according to Erwin Erler, print manager at Mayr Miesbach GmbH.

Satisfied customer Eurodruk-Poznán opts once again for Q.I. Press Controls

March 2015

- Eurodruk-Poznán Sp. z.o.o., based in Poznán, Poland has once again opted
for Q.I. Press controls. The heat-set organisation already has three
systems from Q.I. Press Controls operating on various presses. In fact,
Eurodruk is so pleased that they have chosen to upgrade completely to
the mRC-3D for colour register and cut-off.

Success twice over in China for Q.I. Press Controls

March 2015

- Q.I. Press Controls achieves double success in China. Within the space
of a week, both GanSu Daily and LiaoCheng Daily have opted to invest in
the mRC-3D with AIMS (Automatic Ink Mist Shield). Paul Yu, Managing
Director of Q.I. Press Controls China, had this to say: “We have been
told both organisations are giving serious consideration to a follow-up
investments in our products, once their systems are running up to
speed.”

Mediaprint chooses Q.I. Press Controls as partner in its pursuit of process automation

March 2015

- Vienna-based Mediaprint is the first to place an order for Q.I. Press
Controls systems in 2015. The order consists of IDS-3D, mRC-3D and IQM
for its division in Vienna, Austria. The order is the first in a series
of four. Ultimately, the intention is to install Q.I. Press Controls
systems in each of Mediaprint’s three divisions. In so doing, Mediaprint
is not only investing in quality, but also in a product-development
partnership with Q.I. Press Controls.

New Managing Director for Q.I. Press Controls and EAE Latin America

February 2015

- Nielson Fernando will start from February 2015 as the new Managing
Director of Q.I. Press Controls and EAE Latin America. Nielson will
replace Júlio Coutinho who has worked over seven years for the company.
Nielson will start in a new office in São Paulo, Brazil.

New Sales Executive for Q.I. Press Controls and EAE

February 2015

- Mathijs Baron was appointed as the new Sales Executive for Q.I. Press
Controls and EAE at the beginning of 2015. Mathijs steps into the shoes
of Christian Janse who, after spending several years with QIPC – EAE,
has taken up a new challenge outside the company. As Sales Executive,
Mathijs will be responsible for the south of Europe, the UK and South
Africa.

Loyal heatset customer decides on upgrade to new IDS-3D after confidence shown in previous solutions developed by Q.I. Press Controls

February 2015

- Printing company Grafischer Betrieb Henke, based in Brühl, Germany has
decided to invest in the new system from Q.I. Press Controls. The
investment entails replacing its current IRS 40S colour register system
with the mRC-3D and expanding this with the print image-based
colour-control system, IDS-3D on its Goss M600 printing press.

Loyal customer responsible for printing secure documents and packaging once again opts for Q.I. Press Controls

January 2015

- Printing specialist Lijnco, based in Groningen, the Netherlands – one of
Q.I. Press Controls oldest customers – is to invest in mRC-3D. In so
doing, Lijnco is placing its seventh order and proves once again its
value as a loyal and satisfied customer.

Regional newspaper in Brazil gives Q.I. Press Controls its first order for a Goss Community press in Latin America

January 2015

- Jornal do Povo in Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil has given
Q.I. Press Controls its first order for a Goss Community press in Latin
America. This regional newspaper has an average circulation of 8,000
copies with a readership of 50,000 people in the region. The newspaper
aims to contribute to the development of the communities in which it
operates. A key priority is the satisfaction of both its workforce and
its shareholders. As part of its efforts to improve the quality of
Jornal de Povo and to achieve economies, the organisation has opted to
buy the mRC-3D colour register system from Q.I. Press Controls.

Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS SELLS ITS FIRST IDS-3D IN DENMARK TO FYNSKE MEDIER

November 2014

- After investments in Q.I. Press Controls’ closed-loop colour control system by printing plants in Sweden and Norway, now also Denmark will follow. Fynske Medier is the first printing plant in Scandinavia to acquire the closed-loop colour control system fitted with IDS-3D cameras.
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- From 13 to 15 October, the RAI in Amsterdam was home to the annual IFRA expo & conference. The trade fair saw the joint presentation by Q.I. Press Controls and EAE of their IDS-3D: the innovative, all-in-one, fully automatic image-based colour density and register system for web offset presses, which can also detect printing errors. The success achieved during the show can be only described as overwhelming. Jaco Bleijenberg, International Director of Sales & Marketing at Q.I. Press Controls & EAE: “This is the best IFRA ever for Q.I. Press Controls”
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TIMES OF INDIA FINALLY OPTS FOR Q.I.PRESS CONTROLS MRC-3D

August 2014

- India’s largest media conglomerate Times of India has opted for Q.I. Press Controls’ press automation solution. The Times Group is the largest publishing company in India and South-Asia. With a turnover exceeding a billion dollars, the group has the support of over 25,000 advertisers, 11,000 employees and an audience spanning across all continents.
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- Telegraaf Drukkerij Group (TDG), part of Telegraaf Media Group (TMG) soon will make use of Q.I. Press Controls’ full automation solution including the newest innovation IDS-3D. They will be able to make the desired steps forward in the quality of both their production process and customer end-products.
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- Two specialists in the field of print automation have joined forces to launch the latest innovation in quality automation, soon to be on display for the first time at WAN-IFRA’s World Publishing Expo 2014 in Amsterdam!
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS PARTNERS WITH PERRETTA GRAPHICS

August 2014

- Again Q.I. Press Controls invests in expanding its offerings to the market. In April this year Q.I. Press Controls acquired the business and assets of EAE, the control and automation specialist for printing machines. Now Q.I. Press Controls proudly announces they have entered into a partnership with Perretta Graphics.
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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE WANTS MRC-3D FOR NEW GOSS-UNILINER

July 2014

- The 228-year old newspaper, the ‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ is currently undergoing an intensive modernisation program, part of which involves the Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC-3D register system.
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10 YEARS OF SUCCESS FOR Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS INDIA

April 2014

- In April 2014 Q.I. Press Controls India celebrates its 10 year anniversary. During these ten years Q.I. Press Controls India has established itself as an esteemed supplier to the Indian newspaper and magazine printing industry with an impressive and extensive client base. The basis of the success has been the philosophy of being a partner to her customers in offering specific automated solutions to optimise their production process with the main goal of decreasing the use of materials and increasing quality and efficiency.
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- Vprint, the direct mail industry’s largest family-owned company in Europe, has signed for the upgrade of their three Goss M600 heatset presses with Q.I. Press Controls’ total automation solution: mRC-3D, IDS and IQM.
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS PURCHASED THE BUSINESS AND ASSETS OF EAE

March 2014

- Q.I. Press Controls, active in the print industry with eight locations worldwide, will take over EAE, the control and automation specialist for printing machines, starting April 1, 2014. An agreement was made not to divulge the purchase price.

- Q.I. Press Controls North America management is delighted with a key order from McLaren Press Graphics, a leading commercial printer based in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Q.I. Press Controls is pleased to announce the recent sale of the advanced, latest generation closed-loop mRC-3D full-colour register system complete with cut-off controls for McLaren’s DGM430 coldset single-width press line.
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- Centro Stampa Quotidiani (CSQ) and Q.I. Press Controls both will have their premiere in the Italian market. For the first time a newspaper press will be equipped with closed loop colour control: IDS on CSQ’ WIFAG OF373/6 newspaper press. The investment will be for 8 IDS scanners for closed loop colour including dampening control.
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- Q.I. Press Controls, developer of innovative automated press control technologies, today announced that it has signed a contract with Fairfax Media in Australia to provide colour register, cut-off and closed loop colour control for all of Fairfax Media’s North Richmond (NSW) print facilities.
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ABD II: EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT

August 2013

- During World Publishing Expo 2013 in Berlin (7 – 9 October) Q.I. Press Controls will again show its innovative character. Drupa 2012 was the occasion to introduce the successor of their colour and cut-off register control solution; mRC-3D. Q.I. Press Controls will use World Publishing Expo to introduce their newest innovation regarding fan-out control; ABD II.
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CONTINUOUS INNOVATION AT Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

- To be precise: the ‘launch of the Air Bustle Device II’. ‘The ABD II is even more effective and much more energy efficient as a result of new air nozzle design,’ says Erik van Holten.
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MRC-3D FOR 3V FORMAT ‘THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH’

June 2013

- ‘The Columbus Dispatch,’ who converted their newspaper production to a compact format in January 2013, has again invested to improve quality and efficiency. mRC-3D plays an important role in this process!
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HEIDER VERLAG OPTS FOR THE SAFE SIDE WITH A REGISTER SYSTEM FROM Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

May 2013

- Today printers often ask themselves how they can best upgrade their production equipment to comply with modern standards in terms of quality and productivity. Aside from protecting their investments, their main aim is to get more out of their existing machinery. Johannes Heider Verlag GmbH, a publisher in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany), was also thinking along these lines when it invested in new system solutions from Q.I. Press Controls. Established in 1889, this family owned business meanwhile employs 90 staff and operates in the commercial sheetfed and newspaper offset segments.
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- Q.I. Press Controls, the developer of innovative automated press control technologies, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Fairfax Media in Australia to provide mRC-3D colour register and cut-off control for Fairfax Media’s Ballarat and Canberra print facilities. These major installations will be the first of Q.I Press Controls’ mRC-3D technology in Australia.
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REGISTER CONTROL AT ITS BEST: STADE REAFFIRMS ITS TRUST IN Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

May 2013

- Never change a winning team: in the framework of an extensive modernization project centred around its coldset web offset press, Pressehaus Stade Zeitungsdruck-GmbH is renewing its trust in automatic in-line press control systems from Q.I. Press Controls. The 32-page KBA Journal Express will soon be equipped with a state-of-the-art mRC-3D colour and cut-off register system from the Dutch supplier. Assuming everything goes according to plan, the system will be installed in early summer. The press is designed for production on two webs in Rhine format. It consists of one four-high tower and one three-high tower for 4/2-colour printing, configured with two Y printing units.
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS INTRODUCES A NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR ITS OFFICE IN NORTH AMERICA

April 2013

- Q.I. Press Controls, the leading supplier of innovative, high quality optical measure and control systems appoints a new Managing Director for its office in North America who will be acting as area sales director for the Americas as well.

The retirement of the acting managing director, Gerald Ferron, of the Q.I. press controls office in North America made it necessary to appoint a replacing officer. Apart from that, the increasing number of users of Q.I. Press Controls’ automated solutions for increasing efficiency of printing quality on web-offset presses in North, Central and South America rise to the need for an extra sales support for our offices located in Campinas in Brazil and North Kingstown in North America. They have found it in the experienced Ronald Reedijk.
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- Approximately two weeks ago, Quad/Tech announced in a Court filing that it is dropping its infringement case against QIPC for alleged infringement of Quad/Tech’s ’577 patent by QIPC’s IDS, the image-based Intelligent Density System. QIPC filed its response on March 14 and expressed its interest in seeking recovery of costs and attorney’s fees in connection with having to defend Quad/Tech’s lawsuit.
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- In the period of 29-31 October, Q.I. Press Controls will create a
unique platform at stand 431, with the aim to inform clients on its
latest successes of its state-of-the-art systems for labour-reducing
quality automation on web-offset presses; demonstrated in Frankfurt with
references of world premieres!

QuadTech ends lawsuit with Print2Finish

September 2012

- Q.I. Press Controls is pleased that Quad/Tech has publicly announced in a
press release that it will no longer pursue its patent infringement
claim against Q.I. in the case titled Quad/Tech, Inc. v. Q.I. Press
Controls, B.V., et. al. (E.D. Pa. 09-cv-2561).

- ‘Beijing Daily’ will be the first in China to start
printing with Q.I. Press Controls’ closed-loop automated colour control
system (IDS) on its new Goss M800 heatset web-offset press! ‘Beijing
Daily’ printing company in Beijing is currently aiming its production
towards coldset newspaper production. By repositioning strategically,
‘Beijing Daily’ wants to become an important player in the local heatset
web-offset market for commercial products. In order to achieve that, a
32-page Goss web-offset press with drying oven and folder was opted for,
producing double-sided full colour in folded sheets of 32 pages or
twice 16 pages.

Australia's Fairfax Media orders Q.I. Press Controls' mRC

August 2012

- Australia’s Fairfax Media is to switch its flagship hybrid print site in
North Richmond to Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC control technology following
a pilot scheme at the end of last year. Presstech equipment installed
with the 12-year-old press will be replaced by systems which are
“faster, less obtrusive and less costly to maintain,” according to print
site general manager Michael Gee.

In The Netherlands BDU orders new generation of depth detection cameras: next customer for mRC-3D!

August 2012

- In March 2013, Koninklijke BDU-Barneveld Nederland
(abbreviated as BDU) takes its new KBA Commander CT into service and
wants to be assured of a colour and folding register that offers the
highest possible efficiency combined with a perfect performance. Hence
the twenty-fold mRC-3D order at Q.I. Press Controls.

- “This is one of the most eye-catching orders that has been received
during this past DRUPA exhibition”, says CEO Menno Jansen of Q.I. Press
Controls in Oosterhout. Star Publications Bhd in Malaysia aims to
upgrade its three Goss Colorliner newspaper presses to the
state-of-the-art level of contemporary newspaper presses. This is made
possible with an extensive mRC+ and ABD (Air Bustle Device)
configuration by Q.I. Press Controls in collaboration with Goss
International.

Q.I. Press Controls secures record number of orders at Drupa 2012

May 2012

- In a concluding interview about Drupa 2012 with Jaco
Bleijenberg, Q.I. Press Controls’ Director of International Sales &
Marketing, he reports satisfaction on all fronts. “With nearly three
million Euros in order bookings at this trade fair, Q.I. Press Controls
set a personal Drupa record. Our new marvel – the mRC-3D self-cleaning
depth detection camera – has seen an excellent response and we’ve
already secured a number of major orders. We have clearly noticed that
web-offset plants actively manage on the basis of maximum efficiency.”

- In their long-standing partnership Dumont Schauberg (MDS) and Q.I. Press
Controls concluded a historic agreement at his years Drupa-exhibition!
The meaningful handshake between MDS’ Production Manager, Manfred
Poischen, and Q.I. Press Controls’ member of the Board, Menno Jansen,
endorses MDS’ bold option for mRC-3D. That is Q.I. Press Controls’ new
miracle camera marking a new and more efficient phase in the lifecycle
of MDS’ existing Commander newspaper press. It has only been a few days
that Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC-3D system was revealed to the
international trade press and selective clients at this Drupa
exhibition, as a new miracle camera. MDS will be the first user in the
world to start taking advantage of this.

- Q.I. Press Controls, the leading supplier of innovative,
high quality optical measure and control systems appoints a new Area
Director Asia. The growing number of users of Q.I. Press Controls’
automated solutions for increasing efficiency of printing quality on
web-offset presses in Asia gave rise to the need for this new regional
position. Q.I. Press Controls’ markets in China, India, south-east Asia
and Australasia are developing so well that experienced regional
management was needed. They have found it in the experienced Job van
Hasselt.

Q.I. Press Controls automises D.C.Thomson’s Goss Colorliner CPS

March 2012

- 34 mRC+ register cameras will give a perfect automated
colour and cut-off register to D.C.Thomson’s hybride Colorliner web
offset press mid-2012. That is when the prominent newspaper printing and
publisher D.C. Thomson will take its new Goss Colorliner CPS into
operation. The accompanying image shows that it concerns a compact
version of the combined Goss coldset/heatset concept; the world’s first
Goss Colorliner CPS presses.

Drupa 2012; new miracle camera unveiled!

Once again Q.I. Press Controls demonstrates its capacity for
innovation! During the Drupa 2012 print media fair in Düsseldorf, this
world-renowned manufacturer of highly advanced quality control
technology reveals its most recent development for web offset presses:
the mRC-3D detection camera.

New from innovator Q.I. Press Controls: Automated fountain solution control

March 2012

- Q.I. Press Controls has succeeded to add a new function to its
IDS system. That will make the printer’s job easier still, and the
heatset and coldset web-offset presses even more effective. It is the
new IDS facility that makes web-offset printing facilities more
efficient, realising stronger levels of waste control. This has by now
been proven in practice on a number of production presses.

QIPC's IDS and mRC will make the difference on the Colorman e:line at Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag

March 2012

- ‘Old love never dies’ is the saying. That is also what
happened with Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag’s director, Markus Brehm.
Supported by long-standing positive experiences with Q.I. Press
Controls’ IRS closed loop colour register on the existing newspaper
press, it was recently decided to fit the new Colorman e:line with Q.I.
Press Controls’ quality equipment too.

15 YEARS OF INNOVATION, 15 YEARS OF GROWTH

- Q.I. Press Controls has been offering better results since 1996. We invite you to celebrate this milestone with us at IFRA Expo 2011
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PROVEN TECHNOLOGY FOR LEAN PRODUCTION AND STRUCTURAL BETTER RESULTS

September 2011

- Q.I. Press controls at IFRA Expo Vienna (B618)Printers experience an increasingly overbearing pressure, because clients are less willing to pay for manual steps in the printing process. Print contracts are intensively ‘stripped’, while sympathy for problems is becoming rarer. Faultless full-colour quality is now a matter of fact. These developments in the graphic industry are irreversible. Q.I. Press Controls has thoroughly prepared itself for this situation and can offer their customers structural better results. During IFRA Expo 2011 in Vienna Q.I. Press Controls will showcase their total solution on stand B618.

EXCEPTIONAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT MAKES BELGIUM'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER PRINTER PLACE SECOND ORDER FOR Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS' FULL AUTOMATION SOLUTION

September 2011

- Following the extensive investment end of 2009 in a full automation solution, Coldset Printing Partners once again placed an order with Q.I. Press Controls. This time their 12-tower KBA Commander located at their printing facility in Paal-Beringen, in the North-East of Belgium, will undergo a complete upgrade. This second full automation solution will consists of 56 mRC+ scanners for colour- and cut-off register, 24 IDS scanners for markless closed loop colour control to ISO 12647-3 standard and IQM for advanced quality reporting and performance indication.

THE WASHINGTON POST PURCHASES QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM BY Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

June 2011

- HIGH QUALITY AND PROFITABLITY GO HAND IN HANDThe Washington Post plant located in Springfield VA just signed the order with Q.I. Press Controls to retrofit their Mitsubishi newspaper press configuration with closed loop register control.“With Q.I. Press Controls’ solutions The Washington Post will be able to have consistently high print quality and waste savings. The latter is important as The Washington Post is committed to protecting the environment and carries this out in their complete operational management,” states Mr. Roddy MacPherson, Assistant Plant Manager.

BOLD PRINTING GROUPS' DN.EX CHOOSES MRC+ FOR HIGH QUALITY REGISTER

June 2011

- Bold Printing Group, the printing division of Bonnier, an international operating media group in Sweden, has invested in the KBA Commander CT press. This press is destined for their printing facility DN.EX Tryckeriet in Akalla, close to Stockholm. On this highly automated press both colour and cut-off register will be automatically controlled by Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC+ with register marks.
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GIORNALE DI SICILIA FIRST TO INSTALL MRC+ ON CERUTTI PRESS

May 2011

- Giornale di Sicilia is a national newspaper situated in Palermo. Daily they print around 100.000 copies in at least seven to eleven editions. Sicilia has nine provinces and Giornale di Sicilia is distributed in all of them. They only print their own products and do so on a Cerutti Flexi G22D press (Flexo press). Giormale di Sicilia will now update this press with Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC+ with register marks for automatic colour and cut-off register control.
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- Press Controls is pleased to announce the order with Le Progrès, in Lyon (Chassieu) France. Their two existing Goss Mainstream presses will be equipped with 28 mRC+ scanners in total for controlling cut-off and sidelay register. Le Progrès is a local newspaper in the Rhône Alpes region of France. Both print shop and publishing house are owned by Groupe EBRA, which is specialized in local newspapers in the East of France with 9 printing facilities in total.
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS STRENGHTENS POSITION IN LATIN AMERICA

March 2011

- CONALITEG (National Commission of Text Books Gratuitous), an organisation in Mexico that prints and supplies free educational text books, has purchased a brand new Goss M-500 including Q.I. Press Controls’ automation systems. The order is for mRC+ including register marks to automatically control colour and cut-off register.
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The relationship between Druckerei Vetters and Q.I. Press Controls goes back more then ten years, when Drukkerei Vetters first invested in Q.I. Press Controls’ IRS automatic colour register system for their Zirkon Supra press. By ordering Q.I. Press Controls’ solutions for their forth press, Vetters confirms they are still convinced of the added value of both the company and its products. The new order is for mRC+ with register marks to automatically control colour and cut-off register and for IDS automatic colour control on an existing manroland OCTOMAN.

Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS INTRODUCES DIFFERENTIATED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

March 2011

- The focus in the printing industry has changed from creating new innovative products to refining the quality and reliability of existing products. One can not afford downtimes anymore as they can lead to complaints and claims. Q.I. Press Controls is aware their products need to deliver a reliable performance day in day out, worldwide!
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS INDIA OPENS SECOND OFFICE

March 2011

- Q. I. Press Controls India is proud to announce the opening of their second office. The new office is located in Bangalore. The number of existing customers and the expected further growth in the South of India have made the organisation decide to open an additional office in this area for a better local approach in sales and service.
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS CLOSES FIRST QUARTER WITH ORDER OF 1.8 MILLION

March 2011

- The first quarter of 2011 has been phenomenal for Q.I. Press Controls. Amongst others they closed an order for about 1.8 million euro. Q.I. Press Controls will supply their full automation solution consisting of mRC+, IDS and IQM to Polaris Trykk in Trondheim Norway. Polaris Trykk is part of the Polaris Media group that owns 4 different print facilities throughout Norway of which one in shared ownership with Nr1Trykk.

HINDU ORDERS MRC WITH Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS

February 2011

- Q.I. Press Controls India has received the order from Mitsubishi India for an mRC+ system. This automatic colour register control solution will be installed on the MHI Diamond Space press of The Hindu in Bangalore consisting of two 4-high towers, one mono and a folder. With 13 printing sites and a readership of 4.06 million, The Hindu is one off the biggest newspaper groups in South India.
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Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS INCLUDED IN BIGGEST NEWSPAPER ORDER

December 2010

- Q.I. Press Controls proudly announces and is honoured to obtain West Ferry Printers’ order to equip its new KBA Commander CT with Q.I. Press Controls’ colour register system mRC+ with registermarks, operating more accurate and durable than any other colour register system in the world. This large and unique order is going to be commissioned early 2012.
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Diario Vasco makes total upgrade with Q.I. Press Controls

December 2010

- Once again, Sociedad Vascongada de Producciones, s.l. (Diario Vasco),
the second largest newspaper in the Basque Country based in San
Sebastián in the North of Spain, has put its trust in Q.I. Press
Controls’ technology. This printing house owns one of the largest KBA
Comet presses in the country, consisting of 12 x 4-High towers and 2
folders (6 towers in each section). They have made a total upgrade in
Section 1, exchanging their IRS solution for the new mRC technology for
automatic colour register control.

Q.I. Press Controls equipped all Goss M600 Folia presses

December 2010

- Imprimérie Dridé is one of the first to order the Goss Folia M600 press,
which was launched at Drupa 2008. Till now Q.I. Press Controls has
equipped all Goss Folia presslines with its latest automation technology
partly because of the strong relationship with Goss.

Q.I. Press Controls included in biggest newspaper order

December 2010

Q.I. Press Controls proudly announces and is honoured to obtain West
Ferry Printers’ order to equip its new KBA Commander CT with Q.I. Press
Controls’ colour register system mRC+ with registermarks, operating more
accurate and durable than any other colour register system in the
world. This large and unique order is going to be commissioned early
2012.

MPD Alexandria - Australia again favoured Q.I. Press Controls

December 2010

Q.I. Press Controls’ customer MPD expanded its newspaper pressline
several times. Years ago MPD became a global production partner and is a
successful printer of the ‘Financial Times’, Australian edition; one of
the 24 sites around the world to print this prestigious daily.

A remarkable step forward for Q.I. Press Controls in Indonesian
newspaper printing; this in close cooperation with the American press
manufacturer Global Web Systems! Qualified full-colour newspaper
communication is making progress in Indonesia, specifically in major
cities like Jakarta.

- Newspapers now have to compete with glossy magazines and internet.
Customers expect newspapers to present high quality, perfect colours,
especially retail ‘brand-owners’ that insist on this control in their
commercial messages and in addition, all at low costs. Q.I. Press
Controls is the only supplier that can equip newspaper offset presses
with a complete package of automated quality and contribute in keeping
colours as specified and consistent throughout every production run,
enabling printers to deliver a constantly perfect level of print
quality. Q.I. Press Controls’ IDS closed loop colour control system, is
installed on over 60 newspaper towers worldwide, also on hybrid presses.

Order at Ipex for Q.I. Press Controls

May 2010

- Both Ipex and the UK heatset market are now even more interesting for
Q.I. Press Controls with the order from Ancient House to equip their
Komori system 38 presses with closed loop markless colour control in
addition to the mRC register control and IQM management system.
Replacing a competitive system on their existing press demonstrates
Ancient House’s drive towards long term technology benefits as opposed
to short term commercial concerns.

Q.I. Press Controls supports new commercial printer in UK

May 2010

- For the first time in ten years a new commercial printer will make a
start-up in the UK. Grapho Media based in Deeside is an independent
commercial web printer which will focus on commercial, press finished
and sheeted jobs. Q.I. Press Controls will support the new printer by
installing their closed loop colour control solution (Intelligent
Density System) and mRC+ with register marks to automatically control
both colour and cut-off and ribbon register on the company’s first
press, a Komori press consisting of 8 units and 2 webs.

Q.I. Press Controls’ total solution on first 96-page press in Germany

May 2010

- Stark Druck is the first printing company in Germany that has invested
in a 96-page press. The Goss Sunday 5000 press will be installed later
this year at their printing facility in Pforzheim. Q.I. Press Controls
is very proud to be part of this significant project by automating this
press with its full range of innovative press control systems.

A degree of change for Q.I. Press Controls as Ferrostaal becomes exclusive sales agent for Australasia

April 2010

- James Haisman, the current Managing Director of Q.I. Press Controls
Australasia, will be leaving the company at the end of May and returning
to full time studies. As a consequence and as part of a review of
global sales strategy, Q.I. Press Controls announces the appointment,
with immediate effect, of Ferrostaal Australia Pty Ltd as its exclusive
sales agent for Australia and New Zealand.

New Goss V-30 for brazil installed with Q.I. Press Controls

April 2010

- Gráfica Art Laser is a print house in a small town near Campinas,
Brazil, where they specialise in the printing of flyers which they
produce for several large companies in the region. They provide a high
value, high quality product and consequently they are FSC and ISO
certified. Now, to even further improve their print quality and to
reduce waste figures, Goss International Americas placed an order with
Q.I. Press Controls for market leading mRC with the tiny register marks.
The Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC with registermarks. The Q.I. Press
Controls’ register system will be installed on Gráfica Art Laser’s new
Goss V-30 heatset press and will automatically control both colour and
cut-off register.

Q.I. Press Controls at Ipex 2010 (stand 6-D566)

March 2010

- Although times are rough and the whole
industry is facing huge challenges, it is also a time for new
opportunities. Day in, day out, Q.I. Press Controls finds ways to create
more intelligent, more effective, and more fruitful ways to improve
press control and thus its performance, embedded with a higher
sustainability factor.

“The Tribune Trust” places second order with Q. I. Press Controls”

February 2010

– It is a good start of 2010 for Q.I.
Press Controls India: They are proud to announce a repeated order with
The Tribune Trust Publications in Chandigarh, India. The Tribune Trust
is North India’s leading newspaper, publishing the widely circulated and
read newspapers “The Tribune”,“Dainik Tribune”, and “Punjabi Tribune”.